DreamRyder's RCC Turbo Evolution - from start to finish

[DreamRyder]

Ok.. .well I wanted to wait till after I made my first few passes on the new RCC Ultra Turbo build before considering her complete.. but really are our race bikes ever really complete?? 

I will start out with some pics of when I first got her Oct 2006 and had my best All Motor Pass of 9.28 on my 4th test and tune day:





And here she is after my first winter mods ( installed Boost By Smith Launch and Shift Light, shorter swingarm, cut forks, changed gearing, and put on the Canadian Mikes Billet Front Sprocket Cover)
end of my 2007 season spraying a progressive 60 dry shot with a best  ET of 8.63:





My 2007 season was plagued with many problems from bent shift forks to leaking cases and ending prematurely with cracked cases and trashed tranny...

freind of a freind tried to do me a favor by removing and replacing a bent shift fork around June 06.. after that the cases were leaking from not properly being sealed with enough yamalube.. I was going to wait till later in the season to have someone else fix the problem in the mean time a diaper contained the small amount of oil leakage, but what we discovered some time later was there was a hairline crack issue as well from the person improperly seperating the cases as well as reassemebling the cases that caused the final explosion of my cases in Oct 07 causing the damage you see below:




















Well since I was now done early for the season unable to best my times any further after just getting the single stage lock up and suspension dialed in I opted to go with the RCC Ultra Turbo for my 2008 season...

and here are some photos of the RCC Ultra Turbo Build in progress :




































 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 









 

 



 

 



 











 





 



 

E.
more pics to follow... gotta get them uploaded first 

[DreamRyder]

sorry for some of those being out of order... 

but anyhow..ok now that Richard was done with his end of the build it was time for us to do some of the other modifications locally... like changing the wheels and gears and chain and installing the Canadian Mike Arm and Machine Works Racing Offset Trees and clip ons, install the Cycle Tek Co2 setup, install tail lights, scotts steering damper, new CRG Levers, Boost By Smith Cushdrives, RCC Drag pegs and Quick Access Cover, relocate teh boost guage and mount the new battery box up front and cut my side fairings... I also wanted to touch up my frame and paint the Tiger Racing Chain Guard and Plate mounts and underside of Richards Subframe Satin Black.. and the front wheel a gloss black to match the rear wheel





























 

 















 

 











 

[DreamRyder]

Then it was the new body work getting painted pearl white to match the original color with a special touch from my Sponsor RCC TURBO 



and that brings us to her look for today pullin in an ET of 8.03 on her third pass ever at US131  this past Friday May 16th



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[DreamRyder]

Special Thanks goes out to all my sponsors to whom this build would not have been possible as well as Nem for his extra efforts and many hrs of unselfish wrenchin to help complete the last of the transformations. Twisted (Jake), Buzard (Mike), Busaman (Andy) also are owed my gratitude for coming through for me with hooking me up with various last minute parts that meant the difference of being able to ride or not ride 

RCC Turbo
Bellman Oil
Torco Race Fuel
SYED Leather
Boost by Smith
Canadian Mike
Cycle-Tek
Machine Works Racing
Tiger Racing
Schnitz Racing
Power Brokers

E.

[BrianK]

WOW what a great bike and fun project
 great job

[DreamRyder]

Thanks Brian... it was fun at times but towards the end I was in tears with things not working right or being compatible with various other changes being made.. and as all my good freinds in the Union kept telling me... Hang in There it'll all workout and you'll look back and say it was worth it... 

and you know... they were right... when I saw that 8.03 ticket I forgot all about the bad stuff and let out a sigh of relief that I didn't do all this to only have a bike a tenth of a second faster than what I already had 

Here's some pics BQuinn took at the event on Friday... I think it was the last pass when I wheelied half track and some how lost my windscreen all while still trying to stay in the run with 176mph wind in my face LOL...  I have to work on my tuck again.. I'm all out there sight seeing       but figured they'd be fun to throw on here anyhow  once I get teh video of my 8.03 run I'll post that up as well..

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[BUSA_STEVE]

Wow!  Looks great

[buzard]

you forgot to mention i took a ton of boost out of it. that run (8.03) was not even close to the potential of that bike. infact it was less then i ran in my streetbike  girl hung onto that thing like cowgirl on a mechanical bull. richard and you (e and nem) built a killer for the shootout series. 

[Scary-Jerry]

Great Work - It's awsome when it all comes together on that 1st weekend out! 

Just imagine the learning curve bye the end of the season and what's in store for ya.   

Should be loads of Fun. 

[2wicked]

HEY!!!!! Those pics of the Skil saw were a joke, LOL, ha ha haha I can't beleive you posted them up LOL, sheesh some peoples children, lol

           Richard

[DreamRyder]

you forgot to mention i took a ton of boost out of it. that run (8.03) was not even close to the potential of that bike. infact it was less then i ran in my streetbike  girl hung onto that thing like cowgirl on a mechanical bull. richard and you (e and nem) built a killer for the shootout series. 

sorry I was just mentioned things that had to do with the building of the bike to transform it into the RCC Turbo bike 

You're mad skills with teh AMS was greatly appreciated and I did mention that on my Racing Schedule where I made note of all the things that were tweaked and Helped me get into the 8.0s 

Great Work - It's awsome when it all comes together on that 1st weekend out! 

Just imagine the learning curve bye the end of the season and what's in store for ya.  

Should be loads of Fun. 

oh it wont take me till the end of the season...      (knock on wood- if there ain't hick ups like last year with mechanical problems holding me back)

with the crew I got helping me I'm sure I'll be at the bikes expected ET's in no time 

HEY!!!!! Those pics of the Skil saw were a joke, LOL, ha ha haha I can't beleive you posted them up LOL, sheesh some peoples children, lol

           Richard

LOL - you got me as well as a few others I had showed these pics to long time ago - we thought you really had.. seemed like a good idea to me.. throw a metal cutting blade on there and it looks easier than the sawsall.... 

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[Twistedspeed]

Congrats again!!
Anytime Nem and you need anything just ask I don't mind helping you two out. I know if I ever need something you guys would be there for me!! 

Btw I got the windscreen just a matter of getting sometime to get to you!

I still think the lic. plate holder could cost some mph from wind drag maybe not just my .02!!

[DreamRyder]

sweet thank you again Jake... I don't think Nem's had a chance to look for his spare kill switch housing ... did you  by chance find yours?

As long as I get the stuff before we head to the track I'm good - which I'm hoping for Sat or Sun.. I can meet you again like the time before if that works for ya..

I've been walkin to work so I won't be home till after 6pm would have to meet you some time after that...

E.
and you better believe it we'd be there for you! You've been so nice/helpful all the way back to mid of last summer before you even knew knew me 

[Twistedspeed]

sweet thank you again Jake... I don't think Nem's had a chance to look for his spare kill switch housing ... did you  by chance find yours?

As long as I get the stuff before we head to the track I'm good - which I'm hoping for Sat or Sun.. I can meet you again like the time before if that works for ya..

I've been walkin to work so I won't be home till after 6pm would have to meet you some time after that...

E.
and you better believe it we'd be there for you! You've been so nice/helpful all the way back to mid of last summer before you even knew knew me 

I found mine but it's broke as well. I gotta a few others looking for one! But have no fear I can get one off a bike for the time being if need to be!! 

Let me know which track you guys are heading too this weekend! 

[DreamRyder]

I found mine but it's broke as well. I gotta a few others looking for one! But have no fear I can get one off a bike for the time being if need to be!! 

Let me know which track you guys are heading too this weekend! 

ok I'll remind Nem about his as well ...

I'm not sure I usually leave the T&T locations for him to decide... I'm hoping for Byron however 

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[Twistedspeed]

I found mine but it's broke as well. I gotta a few others looking for one! But have no fear I can get one off a bike for the time being if need to be!! 

Let me know which track you guys are heading too this weekend! 

ok I'll remind Nem about his as well ...

I'm not sure I usually leave the T&T locations for him to decide... I'm hoping for Byron however 

E.

No test n tune this weekend at byron. 

[DreamRyder]

No test n tune this weekend at byron. 

well then it looks like we're stuck goin to the Grove    - dont 'look forward to their shutdown baja ride when I'm still getting use to slowing the bike down from 187 mph rather than 160 

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[grecco]

what a great writeup and pics!
good job!
Congrats!

i really freaked out for a minute when i saw the skill saw.....
 

[jgennaro]

Wow, that hairline crack got real nasty didn't it?

Awesome job and best of luck with it.

Jason

[DreamRyder]

I wish I could remember what Richard said about what caused the major cracking of the cases to occur - that part had something to do with the other person not putting it back to get right.. where the hairline crack was did indeed split big time and you could see where the person tried to chizel maybe a screwdriver between the cases to split them. 

at first the oil leak was only coming from between the two cases behind the water pump where there wasn't enough yamalube - the hair line crack was not leaking and didnt' seem to be a threat - but obviously that was a weak spot to split when the other areas did due to the force of the output shaft being yanked back during the run.. I forgot to post pics of the damage done to the underside of the Canadian Mike Billet Sprocket cover!  also didn't post up the debri found in the pick upscreen for the oil pump... he must of made one heck of a mess with the silicone ....

cost me cases, complete tranny & drive shaft, shift forks, cam chain, and oil pump ... hmmm.. can't remember if there was anything else that got damage ..

one expensive free shift fork replacement job 

E.

[DreamRyder]

oh yeah... front and rear sprockets and chain got trashed during this run from the output shaft being out of whack 

E.
only good side is most if not all of those items were going to be replaced anyhow but it would have been nice to sell the other stuff to help cover costs of the new stuff.. those items were all new at the begining of 2007 season.

[jgennaro]

There's a half-moon shaped retaining clip that fits on the input(or output) shaft that is common to miss when putting the motor together.  That may be what happened to yours.  If that happens the torque will screw up the transmission gears and cases.  I know this from experience.......and it wasn't fun.....especially when I talked to Mark at R&D about fixing it!   

Jason

[DreamRyder]

I have def learned my lesson about letting friends of friends do work for me.. I was in a pinch at the time and felt it was a good idea - he had worked onthe bike before when the previous owner still had it.

I'm very thankful that I have Richard and Nem to help me now 

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[Coryonbusa]

Beautiful bike! ! How much HP?

[Ksana]

HEY!!!!! Those pics of the Skil saw were a joke, LOL, ha ha haha I can't beleive you posted them up LOL, sheesh some peoples children, lol

           Richard

When I saw them, I just figured: "Well he's on the top of the food chain. And his arms must be strong as hell, to hold the saw still."

E...all projects have those obstacles(as you know). You're almost in the 7s, after less than 10 mins on the bike. Go get em girl

[markd1]